is it possible to turn a recurring decimal into a terminating decimal

A recurring decimal number cannot be written as on with a terminating decimal. If a recurring number is written as one with a terminating decimal there is a loss in accuracy.

The number would have to be rounded off to the required number of decimal places. The rules for rounding numbers would be applicable when writing a recurring decimal number as on with a limited number of decimal numbers. For example, 1/3 = 0.333333... could be written as 0.33 and 2/3 = 0.666... could be written as 0.67 if there are only 2 significant decimal numbers in both the cases.

I suppose a bit of rebuttal will help. Any number can be written as a terminating decimal, if one is willing to write the number in a number system, which has the number as a factor. In base 2 only 1/2 is a terminating decimal.

Three is a factor of 60, so 1/3 in base 60 might be written 0.20 because 20 is 1/3 of 60.